Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) echinotecta Balinsky, 1957 
AphiaID: 244171

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiotrichidae (Family) > Ophiothrix (Genus) > Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) (Subgenus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix)
Synonymised taxa		Ophiothrix echinotecta Balinsky, 1957
Sources		basis of record: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Balinsky, J.B. (1957). The Ophiuroidea of Inhaca Island. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 1-33. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		East Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:244171
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   created   Stöhr, Sabine 2011-07-07 07:16:16Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) echinotecta Balinsky, 1957. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=244171 on 2013-05-20